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enAT&T Decides to Not Win More Friends -- Goodbye iPhone GoPhone Support http://www.maclife.com/article/news/att_decides_not_win_more_friends_goodbye_iphone_gophone_support
<!--paging_filter--><div>A much ado about nothing or a legitimate beef? <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/15/atandt-to-discontinue-prepaid-iphone-plans/">According to users</a>, Pay As You Go data plans have worked for some time. According to
AT&amp;T, Pay As You Go was never approved for use with the
iPhone to begin with:</div><div><br /></div><div><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: #51646b">Pay
As You Go rate plans are not approved for AT&amp;T iPhone customers.
Customers currently using an iPhone with a Pay As You Go rate plan
should call 800-901-9878 so they can move to an approved rate plan with
the required unlimited Data Plan for iPhone.</span></strong></em></div><div><br /></div><div>Though
by taking advantage of a technological loophole <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5049939/iphone-3g-fully-works-with-pay+as+you+go-sim-cards">users did do just that</a>.
After replacing their pre-installed SIM cards with Pay As You Go SIMs
and purchasing a 5GB rate plan, users were good to go.</div><div><br /></div><div>What
seems to be at stake here is the use of older model phones that are
still in good condition grandfathered into an outdated rate structure.
GoPhone, AT&amp;T's prepaid cellular/data plans previously worked with
the older operating systems for the iPhone. With the updated OS 3 set
to release, AT&amp;T customers on this older rate plan have been
receiving the following text message:</div><div> </div><div><img alt="att" height="480" src="/files/u32/att-textmsg.jpg" width="320" /> <br /></div><div> </div><div>Possibly
this is related to AT&amp;T's announcement that with the newer software
release, AT&amp;T plans to mostly route voice through the Edge Network and keep
<a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/20/apples_2009_iphone_to_support_faster_3g_networks_report.html">data through the faster 3G Network</a>, freeing up bandwidth for the faster
3G S models. While AT&amp;T isn't claiming that older phones will cease
working entirely, they are warning of significant declines in
transmission speed and quality.</div><div><br /></div><div>In any event, it seems Apple's carrier partner continues to bounce from one self-inflicted PR debacle after another. </div><div> </div>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/att_decides_not_win_more_friends_goodbye_iphone_gophone_support#commentsNewsAT&TPay As You GoiPhoneTue, 16 Jun 2009 16:26:12 +0000J Keirn-Swanson4360 at http://www.maclife.com